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Summary

Checking the tension of the left and right Y belts to make sure they are equal can be a little subjective and uncertain. Use this to verify that they are the same, and have an objective reference for tension.

Instructions

Load it up with quarters ($4.25) and hang it from the center of the upper belt. Count the number of notches (1mm thick, spaced 1mm apart) between the belts.

Just a note for any Australians - if you scale this print up 17.5% (making it 1.175 in Repetier-Host for example) it will be a perfect fit for Australian $0.50 coins. They more or less 'click' in and on my printed copy don't come out very easily. I used about 10 coins and it gave it a good weight.

For some reason, when oriented open side down and with the toothed neck pointing toward +y, slic3r creates a solid layer where the opening for the quarters should have been on layers 1, 4, 6, and 7 only.

Rotating the part 90 degrees on the Z axis seems to have fixed it, but I figured I'd mention it on the offchance that it's not just a slicing quirk but is actually some weird problem with the part that you might know how to fix.

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